The Origin of The Barcode

HigherIQ · Aug 31, 2026 · 5m

00:00 — Introduction 00:27 — The Overheard Problem 01:23 — The Beach, the Sand, and the Morse Code 02:25 — IBM, Laurer, and the Battle of the Symbols 03:33 — Sixty-Seven Cents and a Pack of Gum 04:35 — Wrap Up Sources: - Norman Joseph Woodland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Joseph_Woodland - George Laurer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Laurer - Universal Product Code: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Product_Code - Barcode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode - GS1 — How the Barcode Changed the World: https://www.gs1.org/articles/how-the-barcode-changed-the-world -…